marble vs granite
marble
Definitions
verb
- paint or stain like marble
noun
- a sculpture carved from marble
- a hard crystalline metamorphic rock that takes a high polish; used for sculpture and as building material
- a small ball of glass that is used in various games
Examples
Marcus Aurelius's hair stands energetically up, a nimbus of corkscrewing locks, not a bit like the conventional signs for hair that plaster so many Roman marble crania.
An almost seam free marble floor can be inlaid with tracery, borders, natural mosaics and other patterns in an infinite number of ways.
The clock stands on an oval marble base, enclosed by a glass dome.
granite
Definitions
noun
- plutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz
- something having the quality of granite (unyielding firmness)
Examples
The other key aspect of the restoration involved repointing the exterior masonry, in the facades of limestone, sandstone, and granite.
The valley ended in a perpendicular rim of granite.
The granite peaks and sylvan hollows in the Blue Ridge Mountains are the results of geological changes and metamorphosis over perhaps a billion year period of time.
